Presidential Memorandum 2024-03514 explained · Presidential Memorandum
Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Palestinians
Signed: 2024-02-14 Published: 2024-02-20 Federal Register document: 2024-03514
Agencies: Executive Office of the President
What Presidential Memorandum 2024-03514 says
Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 12743-12744] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-03514] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 34 / Tuesday, February 20, 2024 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 12743]] Memorandum of February 14, 2024 Deferred Enforced Departure for Certain Palestinians Memorandum for the Secretary of State [and] the Secretary of Homeland Security Following the horrific October 7, 2023, terrorist attack by Hamas against Israel, and Israel's ensuing military response, humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territories, and primarily Gaza, have significantly deteriorated. While I remain focused on improving the humanitarian situation, many civilians remain in danger; therefore, I am directing the deferral of removal of certain Palestinians who are present in the United States. Pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct the foreign relations of the United States, I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interest of the United States to defer for 18 months the removal of any Palestinian subject to the conditions and exceptions provided below....
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